The new ISO 9001 published, global benchmark for quality management

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Oct 022015
 

ISO has published the new version of the ISO 9001. It is the world’s most widely used technical standard: 1,130,000 organisations from 187 countries hold the certificate.

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The ISO 9001 is used by all types of companies and organisations, both public and private, of all sizes and from all sectors of activity; it is the internationally recognised means of demonstrating a commitment to quality. This standard helps organisations to work more efficiently, as it permits them to harmonise all their processes, thus making them more easy to understand. Its correct implementation helps to increase productivity and efficiency and reduce economic costs.

The new features introduced in the standard include a greater emphasis on leadership at management level. There is also an increased importance given to risk; not only the negative effect of uncertainty, but also to identify business opportunities that contribute to bottom line improvements. The standard also promotes increased efficiency in the supplier chain. It is written in simple and clear language to facilitate its application in organisations.

The main objective of the review is to facilitate the integration of this standard into other Management Systems and to ensure that these are more accessible for all types of organisations, especially in the services sector. It shares the so-called High Level Structure, common to all management standards.

About Standardization and the Construction Products Regulation

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Nov 052013
 

The Construction Products Regulation No 305/2011 was implemented on July 1st. Since then, the Association has received several enquiries about piping standardization, concretely about sprinkler installations standards.

As in previous occasions, as a response to the possible queries or doubts, AFTA Association has drawn up a notification to express its own recommendations in order to clarify which are the most suitable standards for those installations.

The notification is available in the web site section Other Publications. It can also be downloaded by clicking directly here (the notification is only available in Spanish).

Do not hesitate to send us any query come up from after reading the document. It can be done through our Contact Form or by sending us an e-mal to afta(at)afta-asociacion.com. We will be pleased to solve it.

Annual Reports 2012

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May 302013
 

From AFTA, we link hereby the 2012 annual reports of the main Standard and Steel Associations, which are normally published these days.

Standardization

– AENOR Report 2012: Annual report of the Spanish Standardization Association.

– DIN Report: the most relevant standardization works carried out in Germany during 2012.

– ISO Report

Steel Associations

– Eurofer shows its analyse from the last year.

– Worldsteel Association: offers its point of view.

25 years of publications: The AFTA Handbook

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Mar 222013
 

The commitment of the Association with the installations quality was confirmed with the first edition of the Installation Guide, at the beginning of 1990s. The aim of that document was to provide the technician of an efficient tool which made easier the access and comprehension of the new developed standards. Some recommendations were also included, in order to prevent the pipeworks from corrosion.

In 1994, the first edition of the AFTA Handbook was published, which offered more complete information about the fittings, as well as a pressure drop study and a guide to calculate drinking water installations.

Some modifications and corrections were included in the following editions. The last one was published in 2009 and included assembly recommendations as threading and bending technologies or roll grooved ends for pipes and fittings.

Nowadays, the AFTA Handbook can be free downloaded from our website and offers a guide in the following fields:

– Physical and chemical features of the products.
– Sectors and applications.
 – Access to the standardised features of the products.
– Information about developed investigations, as pressure drops, high pressure behaviour or thermal stress behaviour.
– Guide for installations calculus.
– Recommendation for the assembly.
– Prevention from corrosion. Influence of water.
 

From AFTA, we would like to reassert our commitment with installations quality and therefore we will keep on working, day by day to preserve it.

Regulation 1025/2012 about European Standardization

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Dec 122012
 

On January 1st 2013 there will come into force Regulation 1025/2012, which establishes the new legal frame for the European standardization and represents a resounding support and political recognition of the European Institutions and Members States to the standardization activity.

The Regulation can be downloaded here.

AENOR has published an article in order to inform about its most relevant aspects and implications, such as the clues of standardization of the following years. This article can be consulted through the following link.

Notification about prevention of Legionella growth

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Nov 212012
 

In June 2012 it was published the Technical Report CEN/TR 16355:2012, Recommendations for prevention of Legionella growth in installations inside buildings conveying water for human consumption. This document gives recommendations for good practice concerning the prevention of Legionella growth in drinking water installations, although the current national regulations will remain in force.

This report, focuses on controlling the proliferation of the bacteria by thermal disinfection. However, it does not exclude other treatments such as those included in the Technical Report UNE 100030 IN.

AFTA has drawn up a brief notification to introduce the main causes of infection, and to review the different treatments and their influence on conveying installations.

The notification is avalaible in the web site section Other Publications.

Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any question after reading the document. It can be done through our Contact Form or by sending us an e-mail to afta@afta-asociacion.com. We will be pleased to solve it.

New interesting publications

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Oct 312012
 

The World Steel Association has just published its Statistical Yearbook, which presents a description of the world steel production, comparing as well the last decade data (2002-2011)

You can download the report through the following link.

Moreover, ISO has published its second volume about real case studies concerning to economic benefits of standards. This publication focuses on the methodology and the assesment, by offering cases of different sized companies throughout the world.

You can follow this link to order it.

Publication of harmonised standards list

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Aug 022012
 

On July 21st, The Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism of Spain published in the Official Bulletin of the State the references of the UNE standards which are the transposition of the standards harmonised under the CPD, as well as the coexistence period and the come into effect of the CE conformity marking related to some construction product families.

You can find the list in the official website of the OBS or you can download it through the following link.

Update: it has also been published a detailed list of the standards harmonised under the PED. You can download it through the following link.

Standards for the installations of fluid conductions

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Jun 152012
 

In recent times, AFTA Association has detected an increasing confusion between installers and prescribers, according to the suitable standard for conductions of fire protection installations.

As a response to the possible queries or doubts, AFTA Association has drawn up a notification to express its own recommendations in order to clarify which are the most suitable standards for those installations.

The notification is available in the web site section Other Publications. It can also be downloaded by clicking directly here (the notification is only available in Spanish).

Do not hesitate to send us any query come up from after reading the document. It can be done through our Contact Form or by sending us an e-mal to afta@afta-asociacion.com. We will be pleased to solve it.

Annual Report 2011: CEN-CENELEC and ISO

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Jun 112012
 

The Eurpean Committee for Stanrdarization (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standarization (CENELEC) have published their Annual Activities Report, for the year 2011

This report provides an overview of the developed items of both organizations during the last year.

You can download the report through the following link.

By the same time, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has also published its Annual Report, for the year 2011.

You can downlaod it by clicking here.

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